Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-01
4 new Navy.
Congressman Sayers Of the Lone Star
Sale Scores Triumph in
4 Naval Appropriation.
TIE Preg!aeht NOminafes q MassReha-
sehs Negro TO h9 Recorder Of Deeds
far ti,o Rsirict of Columbia.
"A Breu;Iam C:tizei, SwsarS he Teft tbs Re.
pubtica7 Party Because Il Wa
So Cu-rapt % Local Affairs


! SAYERS sCoCP.
! special 10 the Gazstte.
/ WAseISGToS, Fe!r. 2S.-Nr. Sayers
made = coup d'etaG' i'll the House. lasl
Saturday III having his amendment TO the
naval appropriation b!lL adopted appro-
pris.ing 50, 400 OG FOR the construction
of two swift double bottomed steel
cruisers of 1000 tons, four vessels of HOE
tons similar TO gunbust No. l and one
swift torpedo, the toni cost of all these
vessels not to exceed 1880, 30. Dir
Sayers knows from MS psst ws;e expe
rielce in naval legislation that II was
best to go cautiously in the mstter OF
building ships, and as he seGrCd this
year half of the sum necessary TO build
these seven vessels their completion on
easy time is assured. Mr Thomas OF
Illinois, also member of the committee,
had an amendment somewhat broader
than that OF Mr.. Sayers, but the
wary member from Texas stepped in and
took the wind out OF Mr.. Thomas sails
Mr.. Sayers has been i student of naval
aff airs for several years and Is regarded
here as thorough, we'll equipped mem
Der of the committee. He has worked
long and laboriously TO give the country
a nucleus Of navy and has met with
good success this far. He will not, how
ever, relax mis- efforts here. He offered
this amendment TO check the enormous
outlay OF money which has been eX }, ted
in repairing old wooden ships row abso-
lutelY useless. He knew it would take at
least four years to build the cruisers
already recommended and was anxious to
hzve some afoat at an early day, which
would show 10 the verdi THAI the Uaited
States were no longer asleep, as We have
now one single first class vessel aud
only three second class wooden
vessels which viii last over
five years. There is not III the American
navy to-day single snip which could
cope with G seCJld-class vessel of ma
rlne power. The records OF the Navy De
partmen5 snow thst over $40, 900, 600 have
al.ea:y been expended in repairs for
wooden ships which might Just as well
have been THROWN into the sea. The re-
pairs 10 many Of the vessels IN ten years
cost EGo1e than entire new vessels OF BET
ter ana more improved types. Such IS
the condition Of the American navy to
day, and it YVES lett for member OF the
obtaining nucleus for = new navy, which
il is hoped before many years will take
its place beside the frs:-clasS powers If
the world.
THE SAN ANTONIO RIFLES.
special 10 the Gazette.
WAsHINGToN, FEB. 2S.-J. Reilly Cor
doD, g well known architect of San An
tonic aud First Sergeant of the famous
San An p ic h..ra in ba ipfarnaf
of that organization, which will be repre-
scented in the national drill next May. He
says the people in Texas are wild about
the drill, and that the visitors from Texas
and neighboring states will be limited by
their capacity to come. As for the R.fes,
he says they are sure TO be on hand, and
ne has already eX4Tined the camp and
dull grounds with soldiers eye. Inter
est in rifle practice is becoming more
general Daily entries are received, and
this novel feature of an Interstate camp
promises to be one of the most pleasant
and attractive features.
Personal.
Mr.. John Anderson of Fort Worth Is ct
the ST. James.
POSTAL CHANGES.
The following changes in the Texas
pos (dl scENlCG uaEc UScu iEhlWdf
service established from Kennedy juno
ton by Yorktown to Curro, Tex, San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass r iilroad Com
pany, l42 miles and back six times week
or as much Cftener as the trains may run
from March 4.
Star services chapges-Yar5orough TO
Retreat, from March I. 1887, increase ser
vice to six times Week.
fn Trn OF
March cgrtail service to end at Linn
Flat aud omit Iron Mountaia, decreasing
the distance nine miles.
Clarksylle TO Haltsbrough, from March
increase service to SIX times week.
Dodd to Arksda, from M+rch increase
service to three times week,
Henderson to Caledonia, 1com March
increase service to SIX times 3 week on
that portion of the route between Hender-
son and Mount Enterprise, seventeen
miles.
Suoset to Crofton, from March IA in
crease service to six times week.
New offices established st Camp Verds,
Kerr county, Charles C. Kelly, postmss-
ter; LoDgieaf, St. Augustine county,
james lshmael, postmaster; Pulvo, Pre-.
sidio county, Hugh NJ. BeckHlth, post
master.
THE TEXAS INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-In the Texas
Investigation to-day Bernhart Lehman,
q German oaIkeeper, testified that he was
a Republican until the party became so
corrupt in the local administration he
could no longer continue with it. With
regard TO the reputation of tae memorial
ISIS ne said Hackw0rth's was bad and
SChuetz7,s worse.
On cross-examination he said he lett
Longpoint, where he was in business, on
account of 8 personal difficulty. tie also
admitted he kept his saloon open on Sun
day and sold liquor in defiance OF the Sun
dag law. Hackworth was 6 prohioitionist.
E II. Curry, white Democrat, testified
70 his belief that the negroes in Wash
ington county were inundated by thels
neutrality-suspicious. when they wished &c.
vote the Democratic ticket. He had heard